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193812th March
Germany’s expansion begins as German troops
march into Austria.
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193923rd August
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a pact promising not to
invade each other. They secretly agree to divide Poland between them once it has been invaded.
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1939September
Germany invades Poland.
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19393rd September
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares war
on Germany.
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193917th September
The Soviet Union invades Poland.
19393rd September
Canada, Australia, France and South Africa also declare war on
Germany.
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194010th May
Germany attacks western Europe.
194010th May
Winston Churchill becomes the new Prime Minister.
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194014th May
Holland surrenders to Germany.
194012th May
Germany enters France.
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194027th May
340,000 French and British troops are evacuated from
Dunkirk.
194014th May
The Home Guard is formed.
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19409th June
Norway surrenders to Germany.
194028th May
Belgium surrenders to Germany.
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194022nd June
France surrenders to Germany.
194010th June
Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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19407th September
The London Blitz begins.
194010th July
The Battle of Britain begins.
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194020th September
Germany, Italy and Japan join forces and sign the Tripartite
Pact.
194013th September
Italy invades British controlled Egypt.
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1940November
Slovakia, Hungary and Romania join with Germany.
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19417th December
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
1941March
Bulgaria joins with Germany.
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194111th December
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
19418th December
The United States declares war on Japan.
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19428th November
British and US troops take back North Africa.
19425th May
The Battle of the Coral Sea between the USA and Japan.
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194316th May
The Dam Buster raid.
194320th April
Jews massacred by the Germans at the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland.
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194416th December
The Battle of the Bulge.
19446th June
British and US troops land in Normandy.
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194530th April
Hitler dies.
194512th January
The Soviets displaced the German Army from Warsaw, Krakow and
Budapest.
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19458th May
Britain celebrates VE Day.
19457th May
Germany surrenders to the West.
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19452nd September
Japan formally surrenders. World War II is over.
19456th August
The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima by the US.